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No one cares what you demand Congrats Manpe. You're one of the best posters around.

Agree about pretty much everything in there. I think Lamps is probably playing his last season with us unfortunately. Don't think we can ever truly replace a central midfielder with one of the best assisting records and a scoring record that any striker in the world would be proud of.

I predict that we will park the bus for this one, get a decent result and everyone would be saying how we are going to win the league....up until our Wigan match, that is.

Although I agree, I must say that I thought we always looked more vulnerable when Oriol is playing. The reasons imo are first that Oriol lacks experience, and second, the rest of our team does not press the way Oriol does. High pressure is either a lethal weapon when done well by all the team or a disaster if even just one player doesn't press.

I'm sorry but what exactly is a number 8 and where on the field does a number 8 play?

Your players skill level increases or decreases at the end of the season depending on their development value which depends mainly on their average form and the games they've played as well as other factors such as age. 9 or less they decrease, 11 or more they increase and 10 could go either way. The player's form (their likeliness to do better or worse than their skill level) can improve with training or games; though it can even decrease with games.

Not sure we can compare Oriol with Mikel. The two are like complete opposites. Mikel operates best in zonal marking and slow tempo while Oriol applies high pressure and quick short passing tempo.

Off topic: Wow, Dortmund with 3 goals in 3 mins! How I wish we would sign Lewandowisky.

I missed both the goals, thought the game started an hour later than it did Thanks anyways. EDIT: I'm reading on twitter that he assisted the first goal with a cross from the left wing.

Kevin involved in either of the goals?

How about we get rid of both?

I heard there is this great young Italian striker who did very well when given a chance last season. Borini was his name or something..

I bet Real can't loose 3-1 to Brighton either

I like the spirit, but the boy seriously needs a reality check. He thinks we're the best team in Europe

Not necessarily. For example we had a perfect preseason last year and started awful while Mancity, I remember, had a bad preseason and they had the best start to a season in the PL history.

Might get another 10 mins or so.

I noticed that against Milan as well. The defensive line was too high and the CBs were too far apart. Not sure we should try to go back to that after last season's disaster.

Just tweeted this: @WayneRooney wow lad hope fergie didn't go to mad after you come back from la looking like this http://yfrog.com/es2ihbwj Can't..stop..laughing!

TBF, he should have had a clear FK for Brighton's third. It was a punch to the face, Tyson would have been proud of!

Not that he was much effort. Lukaku came on and had the same shitty service, yet he was able to create a couple of chances for himself through some good movement.

Good to hear he scored his pen. That would give him a world of confidence. I only watched the first 30 mins, can someone who watched the whole thing tell me how Kevin played?

I wholeheartedly agree mate. I think that is because a large portion of our members here are teenagers who, with all due respect for everyone, need to mature a bit before they can lead the type of discussion you and I dream of. Unfortunately, I can't see how this problem can be solved. PS: I'm not saying that all teenagers here can't discuss properly (Artinho is a fine example) and I certainly not implying that all adults know how to discuss.

@, cheers.

Anyone know if it was a full season or half season loan?